"We are close but Plzen is strong" Israel today

Miguel Vitor, who scored Be'er Sheva's first goal in a win over Motherwell, is already thinking about the match against the Czechs: "There is a week to prepare"

• Vitor, tonight in the colony.

  Ready for Pilsen

  Photo: 

  Alan Shiver

Hapoel Beer Sheva advanced tonight (Thursday) to the playoffs of the Europa League qualifiers, where it will meet the Czech Victoria Plzen.

Yossi Aboksi's side defeated Scottish Motherwell 0-3 thanks to goals from Miguel Vitor, Joshua and John Ecoletta.

Hapoel Beer Sheva coach Yossi Aboksis said after the game: "We have one more game left which is like a cup final, in the cup we have to go all the way. We made a very nice victory, Motherwell a physical and very strong team. It is a strong team in stationary situations, we made a change during the game "And we moved from a line of four to three brakes and we managed to neutralize them because they started well. We knew they would try to push balls to the two strikers and we might need another brake there."

Aboksis added: "The goal from a free kick was great, but we had a few more good situations in the second half. I wish all the teams would advance to the Europa League or more. I wish Haifa would go up and so would we to have teams in the Europa League, but we still have to work for it. "We have a week to prepare, we need to rest and recover and work towards next week, it's a battle for everything. In one knockout game in Israel anything is possible. It will be difficult because Plzen is a very strong team, but I believe very much."

Miguel Vitor, who scored the first goal, said: "We knew there would be an aggressive game and we were ready for it. We had a good game, they barely got into situations and we are only 90 minutes away from the home stage. We are close to going up, but Plzen are a very strong team, we have the "All week to prepare for this game. We are having a successful European season so far and I hope we complete it. We are working on the stationary situations and I am always happy to conquer and help the team."